progressCO vs HJ open at 18 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · chip EV
CO facing a HJ open at 18 BB
The hijack opens to 2 BB and the action reaches the cutoff with 18 big blinds. The book folds 84% of hands, calls with 6.4%, 3-bets to 4.5 BB with 0.2% and goes all-in with 9.4%.
Always all-in: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, A5s, KK, KJs, KTs, QQ, QJs, QTs, JJ, JTs and 3 more.
Always call: AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A8s, A7s, A6s, KQs, KJo.
With players still to act behind, the cutoff needs a stronger hand to continue, so it plays fewer hands than the button does and prefers a 3-bet or a fold to a loose call.
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Numbers come from the progressGTO solution book (v14, chip EV, 8-max, ante 12.5 %): our own equilibrium computation with a modelled postflop. It is an approximation, not an exact solution, and it keeps improving. Hover or tap a hand to see its exact frequencies.
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